The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-05-25

revolver and club by the dead man and
one club in the woods where the clubs
were cut; they were cut in the field below
our woods. Witness identified a hand
kerchief taken from the dead mans face.
/ counted Is bullet marks in the house
and one in my brothers arm. When 1
ran up for the gun | was snot at twice.
Wilson was the first man who came in.
Cross examination-Each mans face
was tightly covered; each man had two
clubs and two revolvers, one club and a
revolver i'm each hand. They struck and
shot right along as they struck they shot
l went from the kitchen TO the sitting
! room TO 90 up stairs; one man followed
me, shooting. When my brother came up
stairs he spoke and I let him i'm the room;
I had not the found the gun Adam
found il and went on the porch roof and
fired two shots. These are the men as
near as I can tell.
MRS. WAGNER ON THE STAND.
Mrs. Wagner testified-I came out of an
| out house on Tuesday evening; one fell
/ low caught me by the hand, and pointing
a revolver at my head told me TO keep
! still or he would kill me; ] saw one fall
! down as he passed me; l saw three men
/ run towards the house; l saw one fall
down as he passed me; the man let me
! go; l ran into the wood. house and hid. /
! thought my folks were all killed.
| ANOTHER son TESTlFIES,
Henry Wagner testifies-I was eating
supper; heard a racket ON the porch saw
| q man inside the door and one in the door
shooting. 1 grabbed a chair, run and hit
the man in the door, knocking him down.
A man outside ready to come in, hit me
and knocked me over against the stove; he
struck me twice. / run to the bed room,
got the gun from my brother; it was not
loaded as he had shot. l went toward
hon l. ~.
bed room thinking they might come
through the window. These are the men.
l struck Haggerty.
THE WOUNDED BOY TEsTIFIEs.
Jacob Wagner, ir., testifes-I was at
home on the evening of May Sd and was
lying in the room on a lounge; heard
shooting and went into the sitting room;
saw man and went into the kitchen and
knocked man down. came back into the
sitting room and went at the man in there;
caught hold of his club and knocked him
down; he fell and shot me in the side
under the arm, the bullet is there yet. The
first one l knocked down was Wilson
the second one was the one killed.
Cross eXamination-I am 2l years old.
The sitting room was between me and the
Kitchen. first went into sitting room
and saw man there. There was one light
in the house on the kitchen table, think
Wv AhAhh ~ tlAC SlNNiAiS AOOIll was w llSOls
Knocked him down; he crawled out on
his hands and feet. / knocked another
man down in the sitting room and he
crawled out on his hands and feet to the
Kitchen, then got up and run out of the
door.
THE BOY WHO DID THE SHOOTING.
Adam Wagner testified-I was eating
supper about 8 o'clock saw a big man the
size of Wilson come in; he had revolver
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| handkerchief over his face. l ran in the
room tor the gun; pulled the wrong trigger
or should have shot him dead. The ball
| struck the side of the door. / ran through
| the sitting room up stairs; they shot after
| me; found two bullets in the stairs next
| day. got the gun and got out on the
porch roof intending to climb down and
! attack them from the outside; saw one
man running from the house; shot at him;
saw another one run and shot at him; he
kept on running. l could not tell the size
of the men. found one ofthe bullets in
the ground 46 feet from where I shot. the
other was in the dead man.
Cross examined-I intended to kill the
first time l shot. / saw two men; went
up stairs for my Winchester rifle the man
fired at was running away from the
| house. took deliberate aim and fired to
| XIII him. l found the last ball i'm the
ground. was perfectly cool. 1 went in
through the window and down stairs.
found none of the men there. l think
Wilson was the last man shot; think the
attack lasted about five minutes.
eTHE CORONER.
DR.. Morrow, coroner of the county and
physician, testified; l went out to Wag-
ner's about III o'clock the night of Nav 3,
examined jacob Wagner's wounds he
was hurt on the head and neck and bleed
| ing; found the house all tossed up found
the dead man 100 feet from the house by
the bars; took the handkerchief off his
face; he was lying on his face; turned him
over and took him into the house. The
DEAD boy wore a cutaway suit; witness
Identified photograph of the dead boy. l
examined Wilson and Haggerty when
| brought to Tionesta. HaggertV's ewes
were bruised. Wilson had a woundadl leg
and marks of gun-shot wound in the
calf OF his right leg; probed for the bullet
but did not find it.
ror5s Dr. al D.; b; Isl siggins examined " Wag-
mony corroborSted the coroner's.
The session of the court Friday evening
was devoted to testimony of tracing Hag-
gerty from Edenburg to the woods near
Lineville, where the buggy stopped and
remained stationary from ne-halfto three
quarters of an hour, when Haggerty re-
turned, Wilson being in the buggy with
him.
John Mcpherson testifed-He was al
Linevile May 5, met Haggerty in the
buggy on the Tionesta side of Iineyillc
driving towards President Haggerty
came back with Wilson with him. They
drove toward Fryburg; l followed afteI
them, stopped near the Pittsburgh &
Western railroad; Haggertv got out
raised up in the seat and handed a packap,
to Wilson, who got out and walked to thC
depot he walked lame; Haggerty drove
on to the depot.
Cross eXamined-I drove from my faith
er's toward Lineville; saw man tina
turns out to be Haggerty driving towarC
lhneyille; he inquired the way a stranger
, Is apt to get confused in the five cross road,
, at l4lneville; the men drove to the railroad
station at Elk City; the lame man got out
the other man handed him package anC
drove on toward Edenburg.
The succeeding witnesses testified to tn,
arrest and search Of the prisoners and ar
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